grayforge
Well Known Member
I've been looking at using Front Panel Express' FrontDesign to plan my panel. When I imported the Vans CAD Drawing for the RV-7 Slider panel, I see that it's about 11.7" tall. My panel is only 10.875" tall. The widths are the same at 41.43".
Did Vans switch to a shorter panel and not update their CAD drawings, switch to a larger panel and mine's just old (got it Jan 2013) or did I get the wrong panel?
Not a huge deal, since I don't think I need a taller panel (save a few oz. and get more knee room), but just curious.
One issue is: I tried trimming an inch off the DXF file via Illustrator and ended up with a bunch of error messages along the lines of "DXF-Spline is non-rational & weighted, Result may have wrong shape". So the CAD drawing won't work for me until I fix those errors. I think they were introduced by Illustrator altering the file.
Did Vans switch to a shorter panel and not update their CAD drawings, switch to a larger panel and mine's just old (got it Jan 2013) or did I get the wrong panel?
Not a huge deal, since I don't think I need a taller panel (save a few oz. and get more knee room), but just curious.
One issue is: I tried trimming an inch off the DXF file via Illustrator and ended up with a bunch of error messages along the lines of "DXF-Spline is non-rational & weighted, Result may have wrong shape". So the CAD drawing won't work for me until I fix those errors. I think they were introduced by Illustrator altering the file.